Philygria posticata (Meigen, 1830)

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Ephydra posticata Meigen, 1830: 124 .

Philygria posticata: Schiner, 1864: 58 [generic combination]; Hollmann-Schirrmacher, 1998: 108–110 [revision]; Mathis et al. 2017: 733 [United Arab Emirates].

Hydrina posticata: Becker, 1926: 57 [generic combination].

Philygria vittipennis: Dawah & Abdullah 2006: 388 [Saudi Arabia, misidentification]

Specimens examined. 1 ♀, Asir, Abha, Hay Al-Nusub ( Abha Farm Centre), swept from grasses, 14. iv. 2001, H.A. Dawah (NMWC) ; same data but 3. vi. 2001, H.A. Dawah (NMWC); 1 ♂, Tahama Tanoma ( Al-Bekra village), swept from grasses, 20. i. 2003, H.A. Dawah (NMWC) .

Other Saudi Arabian records: Asir Region: Abha Farm Centre; Tahama Tanoma, al-Bekra village (Dawah & Abdullah 2006).

Distribution. This is the first record from Saudi Arabia. It was described from Central Europe and also recorded from the Palaearctic Region: Austria, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Russia (European Territory), Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland and Afrotropical Region: United Arab Emirates. There are some specimens of P. posticata in NMWC from Yemen.